Rocky Mountain National Park > McHenrys Peak > Climber's LogMcHenrys Peak Climber's Log
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| MikeyB | Via Stomenman Pass  Date Climbed: Sep 3, 2012 | |
| Awesome scrambling above SM pass-lots of 4th - low 5th class stuff. My favorite RMNP 13er! | |
| Posted Sep 3, 2012 9:48 pm | ||
| chicagotransplant | with Chiefs Head Date Climbed: Oct 1, 2011 | |
| Climbed with Scot from Wild Basin, up to Lion Lake #2 and then up onto North Ridge (which is actually on Chiefs Head's south side) to the summit of Chiefs Head, traverse to McHenrys and then back down. We wanted to climb Mt Alice but weather moved in. | |
| Posted Oct 2, 2011 9:52 pm | ||
| BLong | Great peak Date Climbed: Oct 1, 2011 | |
| An excellent, exposed scramble up the Northeast Arête and down Stone Man Pass. | |
| Posted Oct 2, 2011 2:56 am | ||
| thatnissanguy | As part of GGT Date Climbed: Sep 11, 2011 | |
| Got off route on the way up from the notch. Fantastic climbing. Best peak of the day. | |
| Posted Sep 12, 2011 10:57 pm | ||
| Brian Kalet | Triple Crown Date Climbed: Sep 4, 2010 | |
| With Chiefs Head & Alice. | |
| Posted Sep 7, 2010 1:11 am | ||
| ripper333 | traverse Date Climbed: Jul 6, 2010 | |
| traverse on ne arete fr arrowhead.. did this last year but wanted to come back and link on powell and thatchtop.. top day! | ||
| Posted Jul 7, 2010 12:08 pm | ||
| km_donovan | Stone Man Pass Date Climbed: Jun 5, 2010 | |
| Long day. Lots of snow so it made the going slow below tree line. Good glassading on the way out. | |
| Posted Jun 6, 2010 9:34 pm | ||
| lordhelmut014 | Glacier Gorge loop Date Climbed: Jul 17, 2008 | |
| traverse from Arrowhead, threw in Spearhead for good measure. Ran into Jon Krakauer as well, what a day. | |
| Posted Jun 4, 2010 1:24 am | ||
| shknbke | NE Arete Date Climbed: Aug 29, 2009 | |
| Came over from Arrowhead via the n.e. arete. This is such a fun route! Lots of class 3/4 scrambling on mostly solid rock. Descended to Stone Man Pass. Toughest 13er in RMNP. | |
| Posted Sep 1, 2009 11:27 pm | ||
| jwclimbs | NE Arete Date Climbed: Aug 29, 2009 | |
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| Posted Aug 29, 2009 9:02 pm | ||
| spannring29 | Arrowhead Arete Date Climbed: Aug 3, 2008 | |
| Hounded by ominous clouds much of the day, but the weather held until we were back down to Black Lake. Good times. | |
| Posted Aug 9, 2008 3:27 pm | ||
| Joe_Parvis | Stone Man Pass Standard Date Climbed: Aug 21, 2007 | |
| Went up McHenry's from Bear Lake TH (Glacier Gorge parking full) via Black Lake. Had perfect weather window (miracle for August) and started at 11am and finished at 830pm. Used long route around Black Lake, but this was nice because terrain beneath Spearhead beautiful. Stone Man gully a pain, but not too long. Scrambling beneath summit was challenging and I certainly did not want to fall in certain areas (I think I missed the best line near the top of the gully). Saw elk wading in lakes as I came out at dusk. Great day. Inspiring. | |
| Posted Aug 24, 2007 7:22 pm | ||
| thebeave7 | Flattop to Chiefs Head Traverse Date Climbed: Sep 3, 2006 | |
| By far the most interesting of the 7 peaks climbed that day. The class 4 from the Notch was very solid, no route finding needed. Even the direct ridge to stone man was enjoyable. Well worth it. | |
| Posted Sep 5, 2006 5:41 am | ||
| jennakate | Stone Man Pass Date Climbed: Aug 5, 2006 | |
| This might possibly be my favorite mountain in the park to climb. So much variety and adventure, plus the summit is really cool! | |
| Posted Sep 1, 2006 6:01 pm | ||
| miztflip | Where the Heck? Date Climbed: Aug 18, 2006 | |
| Completely missed the gully to the summit. Ended up on the SW ridge in wet 5th class terrain. Clouds were moving in fast and I was getting a little on edge. Great hike, made the roundtrip in 5hrs 40 min. Didn't see another person until the ledges below Spearhead. The clouds came in early and I had to forego Chiefshead. I'd have to say the summit has one of the best vistas in RMNP. You could see nearly every major peak in the park. | |
| Posted Aug 18, 2006 11:22 pm | ||
| mpyle | A long but rewarding day Date Climbed: Aug 12, 2006 | |
| On the trail a little after 6:00. Went the long and left route from Black Lake, as was climbing solo at the time and was scared of the shorter/steeper route to the right. Shortly beyond Black Lake bumped into Mark from MN who had tried it previously, and we ended up climbing together to the summit. The final gully stretch was some of the most enjoyable climbing I've done. If only there wasn't so much darn hiking and scrambling to get there. : ) Maybe 4:45 up, and a sluggish 4:15 down over rain slickened rocks. Mark left my lagging behind in the dust on the descent from Stoneman Pass. | |
| Posted Aug 14, 2006 2:32 am | ||
| markhyams | Stone Man Pass Date Climbed: Jul 18, 2001 | |
| Climbing this was my 26th birthday present to myself. Fantastic. | |
| Posted Mar 3, 2006 5:12 pm | ||
| NanitaD | NanitaD Date Climbed: Jul 4, 1999 | |
| This was my 117th Rocky Mountain National Park peak and almost my last. Decending the snowfield back to Stone Man Pass I lost my iceaxe and started sliding headfirst. Fortunately a friend was at the bottom and caught me before I crashed into the rocks. | |
| Posted Feb 18, 2006 9:00 pm | ||
| Mountain Jim | Route Climbed: NW Ridge from the McHenrys Notch Date Climbed: June 1966 | |
| Climbed from Bear Lake via Flattop Mtn., Hallett Peak, Otis Peak, Taylor Peak and Powell Peak. Getting across The McHenrys Notch is the best part. I've had the pleasure of climbing this beautiful peak 5 more times since my first visit. | |
| Posted Feb 3, 2006 10:23 pm | ||
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| eazyelion | Re: Route Climbed: NW Ridge from the McHenrys Notch Date Climbed: June 1966 | |
| Mountain Jim that is an impressive feat. Clear across from Flattop to McHenrys. It's great to see someone who has respect for this beautiful peak. To me it seems like it gets overlooked. Everybody is all about Longs Peak. Which is obviously the monarch of the park, but McHenrys is mighty in its own right. Simply gaining Stoneman Pass is an adventure especially with the kind of snow it accumulates. It is much more complicated than say reaching the Keyhole on Longs Peak. The backside of the mountain is fine scrambling and to me was more exciting than on Longs. Plus you're not having to worry about people above you. (Trough) Have you done the arrowhead arete route? It looks exciting. | |
| Posted Feb 17, 2006 4:44 am | ||
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